Jerusalem Artichoke / Sunchoke (Helianthus tuberosus)

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dave Jul 14, 2002

It bloomed at only about 2 feet tall! (July 14th, 2002, East TN)

Common name: Jerusalem Artichoke / Sunchoke
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Helianthus
Species tuberosus

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poppysue Westbrook, ME(Zone 5a) Jul 14, 2002

Dave - you got flowers!! Next year they'll be tall. We hit lots of them with the lawn mower over & over all summer long. The buggers still bloom. Are you going to eat any?

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Terry Murfreesboro, TN(Zone 7a) Jul 14, 2002

Wahhh, Dave apparently planted his sooner than I did. I have plants, but no flowers yet. But then again, summer isn't nearly over :)

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dave Jul 14, 2002

Yep, we'll try eating a few and see how they taste. These guys are doing really well! I'm going to dig them in the fall and move them a little further apart. Maybe I'll till them under to help spread them (chuckling!)

dave

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poppysue Westbrook, ME(Zone 5a) Jul 14, 2002

They bloom late here ..... the end of August. Ha Ha Dave!! It's nice to know my mistakes help others learn ;]

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dave Jul 15, 2002

BTW vols: I planted these very early in April - maybe the 2nd or 3rd. They didn't come up until after Apr 23rd or so. In fact, I had forgotten they were they and did actually plow them up a bit on accident around mid april. Memories of poppysue's plowing incident come to mind.

I thought they were weeds and didn't understand why I couldn't pull them up. They kept snapping off at the ground level. Finally I remembered that they were helianthus and the mystery was solved. :)

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Terry Murfreesboro, TN(Zone 7a) Jul 15, 2002

That sounds like something I would do...and it's one of the reasons we have raised beds now - I'm less likely to forget where stuff is planted (I still sometiems forget WHAT I planted, but I know WHERE to expect things to come up!)

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